Improvement



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lionN L. wnrrire, ou .ronTLAND, MATNn.

iMPRovMENTiN BRUSHES'.

Sptciliealion forming-part of Leiters Patent No. 39,439, dated August 4,l-ii.

l'ul Improvement in the Method oi' Manufacturing Sash-Tools,Stencil-Brushes, :Shaving- Brushes,a1id Arlistsrushes; and ldoherehydeclare the following to he a fnli and exact` description.

My invention consists in the use of a b'rushI handle, with az wedge orcone shapedpoint us a mechanica-l power to secure the knotl of hair orbristles of'the brush and the handle itself within a cone-shapedl'errule previously Constructed, the knot ot' hair or bristles being,`drawn within and partly through the `ll'rrule, and the pointed end ofthehandle inserted in the luitr-end of the knot and forced the wholelengthof the` i'errule. The taper et' the handle corresponds with Vthetapering,` sides of the ferrule, thus causing' a unii'orin mechanicalpressure, and holding` thehnot ot' hair or bristles and the handlewithin the vl'errule hy a torce. limited only by the strength of the.i'errule. and the capacity of the handle to resist compression.

M5' invention also consists in preparing the point of the handle, whichis inolosed within the ferrule, by saturatiug' it with hot pitch orother rcsinous substance, to resist the livers of' heat, and moisture orthe atmosphere, :in-'l olA walerand other lluids, to which all otthehrashesto which my invention is applicable ere more or less exposed.

To enable otherssliilled in the art to make afnd use my invention, lfwill proceed to describe the inethod rol" construction.

il construct the tcrrnle ot' wood, metal, or any fitting material with aconeshaped hollow or aperture. After dipping the upper or butt end ofthe bristles in cement, then draw the flag end A, as shown in theaccompanying drawings, Fig. 3, through the upper and larger end ol theferrule B, so that the butt end of the knotI shall he a little withinthe hollovnot' the ferrul'e. Having; prepared the point ol the brushhandle by saturation in some resinous sulisii'xnee., I then force itinto the larger end of the i'errule, and the eone shaped point C intothe butt-end ot theknot, so as to till completelythe larger end oftheferrule, thus holding); firmly the bristles and end ot' the handlewithin the t'errule.

NVhatI claim as my inventio`n,and desire to secure by Letters Patent',is-

A brush-handle with a wedge or cone shaped point, ineonibinaton with acone-Shaped ferrule, the wedge or cone shaped point being inserted intothe huttend ofthe knot or bris tles after being saturated with hot pitchor other resinons substance, as specified.

Witnesses lJOHN L. WlIlTING.

JOHN G. S'rn'rsoN, WinLIAM I'I. (Marroni).

